This Wednesday, Tea Time and the Uposatha will overlap. Both programs will be held, with an informal chat beginning at 7pm EST. Meditation will be from 8pm-8:45pm, followed by refuges and precepts, then a reflection on dhamma. Come for all or part!
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Our friend Laura has been sketching before and after (but not during!) talks and Wednesday tea times, using the inspiration of the dhamma to fuel a line of comics and illustrations. She’s very prolific! These comics are being gathered in a shared folder, though from time to time they are certain to show up on
With summer vacations and COVID outbreaks cutting into our schedules, it’s been awhile since our last family group and it will be awhile still before the next one. But it was a joy to come together for a special session dealing with a very special topic- one of the most important qualities we can develop
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Come get free! Extra sittings with us in Shelburne: 6am 10am Come join lunch at 11am! 4pm 7:15pm
On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto reflects on the faculty of Pañña, or Wisdom. We know what it is in a conventional sense, we know when to seek it and have some basic grasp of how it develops. But the power of the Buddhist tradition, one that focuses on Wisdom above almost all else, is that
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The Upavana Summer Newsletter has been mailed, and can be found at: https://mailchi.mp/9d6c26f69393/upavana-january2022-newsletter-7271041
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On the Uposatha Tahn Pamutto reflects on the talk ‘Winter Camping’ by Ajahn Sona, which presented a variety of principles he was able to take with him while wandering. This becomes a reflection on the principle of training itself, and the way our ability to learn from experience and adapt to our weaknesses can make
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A little over one year ago, Tahn Pamutto set off for the woods of Western Massachusetts with the hope of developing resources and community from scratch. There was no temple to go to, nor kitchen to supply daily alms-food. There wasn’t even a place to store extra gear out of the rain. But there was
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Tahn Pamutto has returned to residence in Shelburne, MA, where he has plans to be for much of the summer. This means that daily sittings will resume every weekday at the Shelburne location not far from Dhammadhara Vipassana Center. It also means he will be easy to find and largely relying on pre-arranged alms offerings.
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Tahn Pamutto leads the Uposatha session remotely while travleing. Despite the lower quality, the talk is important and vital – an attempt to describe and point to the quality of Nibbāna alluded to in the Third Noble Truth. By turning towards and awakening to the quality of peace all around us, it becomes possible to
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